Pelto railway station

Pelto

Åker
General information
Coordinates60°11′58″N 24°37′34″E / 60.19944°N 24.62611°E / 60.19944; 24.62611
SystemRequest stop
Owned byState Railways
LinesL, Y[1]
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codePlt
Fare zoneVR zone B
History
Opened2 January 1931
Closed28 May 1995
Electrified1938
Location

Pelto request stop (Finnish: Pellon seisake, Swedish: Åkers hållplats) was a railway request stop in Espoo, Finland, located midway between Espoo railway station & Kauklahti railway station, approximately 1.8 km from each.


The stop opened on 2 January 1931. It was originally scheduled for closure in 1978, but due to the presence of a nearby small hospital and the requests of a few local residents, it remained in operation. Pelto request stop was seldom used, as it was situated in a field with very few nearby houses.

On 28 May 1995 Pelto request stop was abolished due to extremely low number of users (estimated 5-20 per day.) There is currently nothing remaining of the request stop, even the crossing was abolished in 2006. The L train was the only train that stopped at Pelto and only if a passenger requested it to do so.

References

  1. ^ Jape Ruotsalainen. "Resiina – 27.05.1995 / Espoo, Pelto". vaunut.org. Retrieved 15 Jan 2013.